Basically, every creator of a unique creative achievement naturally has the copyright to this achievement. That is completely beyond dispute. To what extent this copyright has already been modified by the general terms and conditions of the Empyrion workshop, I don't know because I haven't read them. However, it is generally known that creative achievements from the workshops that are uploaded there for free availability no longer have a LEGAL CLAIM to copyright. You can create something (without the tools of empyrion!) and offer it to Eleon directly for sale, but then you are not allowed to publish it at the workshop and you assign all rights to Eleon. That would be a normal way. So there is only the right to recognition and respect as @Vermillion said, which unfortunately is not enforceable. But that's all a little outside of the heading here.
I was thinking about this as I looted the abandoned assembly. should we not have as part of the abandoned series a greater variety of sizes, it seems we have level 1 and level 5 but none in between. It also seems that they would tale over buildings of all factions yet there are no abandoned POL based structures. perhaps this would give you several more structures to work with and promote a further sense of progression. Assuming it can be set up that the more difficult are placed further from the start. IF that Is the starter biome the starter planet or starter system. we neer more sense of progression Just a thought
Yes, there is great loot to be had out there! I just found a burial site swarming with giant spiders on a habitable moon in a remote system. It had the greatest amount of incredible loot that I've found anywhere, including multiple epic weapons and many optronics. It's out there, you just have to explore!